Lantern



(No Model.)

0. J. HIGGINS. LAN'IBRN.Y

No. 287,932...` Pam-,med Nov. 6, 188s.

,n @mul UNITED STATES PATENT Ormes.,

CHARLES J'. HIGGINS, OF FARMINGDALE, MAINE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming .To @ZZ whom t may concern: I

Be it known that I, OHAnLns J. HieGiNs, of Farmingdale, county of Kenuebec, State of Maine, have invented an Improvement in Lanterns, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention in lanterns is embodied in that class of lanterns having side tubes; and

my improvements relate, chiefly, to means for holding and releasing the globe, and also for moving it With relation to thelburner, as will be hereinafter described.

My invention consists, as hereinafter specified and claimed, in supporting` the globein a frame composed of collar, rods to which said collar maybe pivoted, and the supporting-base connected directly by the said rods to the said collar, the frame being hinged to the oil-reservoir, and movable laterally from the lanternl Without moving the air tubes, burner, or oil-reservoir.

Figure 1 represents in front elevation a lantern provided with my improvements, and Fig. 2 a side elevation thereof Fig. 3, a partial view of the perforated plate which surrounds the burner, and Fig. LI a detail shoW ing the independent frame-Work to hold the globe.

In Figs. I and 2 the dotted lines show different positions of the globe and its framework. y

The oil-chamber A, burner B, side tubes, C C', and tube D are as common to otherlanterns.

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The globe E, of usual shape, has its upper end iitted into a colla-r or ring, a, herein shown as pivoted upon the side rods, b b, so that the said-collar or ring embracing the said globe at top may be turned, tilted, or sprung, or tipped off from the top of the globe when it is desired to release the latter. 'Ihese rods are shown as spring-rods connected at their lower ends to the perforated plate or globesupport F, upon which the bottom o f the globe rests, the said plate having a central opening to iit1 over the usual burner, B. The support F is suitably hinged to the oilchamber A, as herein shown, by a bent wire, c, entering a loop, d, attached to the under side of the said support F, whereby the globe and its carrying parts may be tipped over to part of Letters Patent No. 287,932, dated November 6, 1883, Appncmon nieu February se, ieee. (No masi.)

remove the same and the supportl F from above the burner to enable the Wick of the burner to be lighted. The support F has a suitable projeciion, f, attached to it opposite its hinged side, to engage a springlatch, g, attached to the oil-chamber, the said projection and latch forming a fastening device to retain the globe-holding frame and globe in vertical position.

It Will be noticed that the globe is held in a frame-Work composed of the collar c, rods b b, and plate or support F, and that the said rods are arranged, as I prefer them, at the front and rear sides of the globe, to thus act as guards for the latter.

Then the collar a is turned o the top of the globe, asin the dotted lines, Fig. 1, the latter may be taken out of the frame from either side thereof.

I desire it to be understood that I do not i rated plate or support for the bottom of the' globe and the collar which holds the top of the globe may be variously modied, so as to permit the collar to be turned or moved ofi' 8o the top of the globe to release the same without departing from my invention.

I claim- 1. In a lantern, the globe E, supported in and movable with a frame composed of the collar c, rods b b, to which said collar may be pivoted, and the supporting-basel, connected directly by the said rods to the said collar, the frame being hinged to be tilted laterally, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the oil-reservoir A, burner B, tubes C C and D, and the globe E, supported in and movable with a frame composed of the collar c, rods b b, to which saidcollar may be pivoted, and the supporting-base F, connected directly by said rods to said collar, the said frame being hinged to be tilted laterally, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses. CHARLES J. HIGGINS. llfitnesses:

' G. W. GREGORY,

Bnnruon J. NoYns. 

